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Is Walter Williams right? Obama's second win

Harlingen, Texas, August 18, 2011: The first thing I saw this morning was a newspaper headline that informed me of the huge response to the upcoming opening of a new Bass Pro Shop in our city. They were holding a three day job fair. In the first two days more than 2500 people had stood for hours in the blistering South Texas sun awaiting the opportunity to place their applications in the mix for around 350 full and part time employment positions. More people are standing in line today for these same jobs...and this is a small city of only about 60,000 people.

Conservative columnist Walter Williams was credited with the second thing I read this morning. He may or may not have truly written the article, but the ideas remain valid. It is his contention that no matter who the GOP candidate is, no matter how bad the economy gets, no matter how much unemployment we face...Obama will win a second term as President of the United States of America.

The first paragraph of this commentary I have written graphically shows what a mess our economy is in today. Jobs are almost impossible for people to find. The second paragraph reports to us that regardless of what we do, America is doomed to face another four years of Obamanomics.

It is my hope that Dr. Williams is just attempting to tweak our “mad button” and get conservative Americans off their backside. However, the point he does make is valid. With the mainstream media bending over backward to get its hands on Obama’s one billion dollar election piggy bank, for the next 14 months we can expect to see and hear All Obama - All The Time. According to Williams, Obama will have the Black vote because they will vote a racial ticket. He will have the Hispanic vote because they want his promised amnesty and political power within the Democrat Party. Many young Americans will vote for him just because he looks and talks nice. Half of America is no longer paying taxes and is already feeding from the government sugar bowl. They will vote Obama just to keep their meal ticket in office.

While our country is crumbling around us, most of America is just looking around for some other political hack to nail with the blame. The GOP isn’t doing anything meaningful to win support and Congress as a governing body has a lower approval rating than the President. So, they don’t really look in that direction with favor.

Added to the mix is the fact that when it comes to either economics or political savvy, Americans are dumber than a brick wall. Harsh statement you say! Well, take a good look at the educational curriculum abound the country. It hasn’t changed much since I gave up teaching many years ago. Most of the nation’s schools require one semester of American Government and one semester of Economics is a 12-year span of elementary and secondary education. Most high schools don’t even offer those courses until the senior year. Since large numbers of our students never make it that far and drop out of school, even that sprinkling of governmental and financial knowledge falls on very few heads. In truth, a vast segment of America resembles those people we see in the Jaywalking TV clips of the Tonight Show. When it comes to their knowledge of American governance or even who holds elected office, there is little to no awareness. So, what more can we expect? How about another pull of the Obama lever.

It really looks to me as if Walter Williams is challenging conservative America to get angry and get busy. Maybe half of the country is on the dole...but the other half is paying the bills. We really need to get Very Mad...And Get Our Country Back!

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Given the time, opportunity, and the will to do so, I could write a book about the many, many ways that America is not the country it was a generation ago, and that's a relativey short span of time. I am totally amazed at how ... More ›

Given the time, opportunity, and the will to do so, I could write a book about the many, many ways that America is not the country it was a generation ago, and that's a relativey short span of time. I am totally amazed at how far we have fallen over the last 30 years and that fall has been sped up by an underqualified and radical President. The current administration, like no other, has made the USA the laughing stock of the world. No one fears or respects us anymore (thanks to BO). The Constitution and separation of powers has been totally destroyed by BO. Out naturally robust economy and entrepenuers have the foot of the government firmly on the their necks keeping them from doing what they do so well when left alone or encouraged. Regulations that prohibit companies from growing and creating jobs have increased exponentially. The lack of plans, budgets, parameters have influenced a spending orgy.
But, Alvin says 'we are better now than ever'! $14 trillion in debt, a real unemployment rate that is close to 20%, a stock market that has fallen more than 2000 points in a few weeks, but 'we are better now than ever'.
An energy industry hurting from bloviating from the White House, a prohobition of drilling and accessing home energy sources have hurt a lot, but 'we are better now than ever'.
I have a difficult time understanding how some (Alvin) arrive at their englightened views.

"Alvin, Alvin, Alvin, Alvin, Alvin"...my oh my...."better now than ever?" If you are 8 years old and have not seen much or heard much of the world and lived through a lot of history and seen the 'best ... More ›

"Alvin, Alvin, Alvin, Alvin, Alvin"...my oh my...."better now than ever?" If you are 8 years old and have not seen much or heard much of the world and lived through a lot of history and seen the 'best of times', you might be able to realistically make a statement like that. But, if you are not 8 years old and make a statement like that, you have opened your mouth and removed all doubt about your ignorance, idiocy, and delusion.